Tag Archives: Benin

No fewer than 300 shops and goods worth millions of naira were on Saturday night destroyed by fire that engulfed Santana Market on Sapele Road in Benin, Edo State. Reports show that residents and owners of the shops could not salvage the situation due to the intensity of the fire. A resident around the market, Monday Ogbeide, said the fire ...

The Edo State Private Property Protection Taskforce has handed over one Efosa Omoruyi of Evbuodia Community in Iyekogba area of Benin to the police. The suspect was accused of land grabbing and destruction of property. The taskforce vice chairman, Chief Osaro Idah, who spoke on the development, said Omoruyi was arrested for disobeying the extant laws that abolished the activities ...

The chief executive officer of Benin Distribution Company, BEDC, Mrs. Funke Osibodu has said that electricity tariff increase is inevitable and Nigerians should expect an adjustment which will come at any time. The present tariff structure she argued is not sufficient to support commercial operations of distribution companies, Discos and therefore not sustainable. Speaking exclusively with our correspondent yesterday, she ...

According to Vanguard, Governor Godwin Obaseki of Edo State has promised to complete over 3,000 kilometres of roads in his tenure, adding that the materials for the construction of the roads  will be sourced from the state and not outside. Obaseki, who disclosed this while commissioning the newly reconstructed Nevis Street in Benin with additional four link roads, said that ...

According to Vanguard, there is tension between the Ijaw and the Benin people residing in the Gelegele area, Ovia North East Local government Area as a socio cultural organization in Edo state, the Benin National Congress (BNC), has written to President Muhammadu Buhari, threatening war against the Ijaw over their alleged claim of Gelegele land which according to them belongs ...

Every man has a history so does a place. Which state in Nigeria has a better history than Lagos? Which place in the most populous black nation in the world enjoys such fame and adulation as the city of excellence wields. In this article, we celebrate #LagosAt50 in our best way possible, and how best can we do that than ...

There are many exceptional and breathtaking buildings in Africa, and I’m talking about buildings that are as beautiful as the ones found in Europe, United Kingdom, America, Asia and Australia. Do you think there is any building in Nigeria on this list, considering the fact that we are the giants of Africa? Find out which buildings made the top 10 ...

In as much as there are many tourist sites in Nigeria, not all of them are historical tourist sites. There are historical tourist sites in Nigeria that you don’t even know exist. This article highlights the top 5 historical tourist sites in Nigeria. Nigeria is a land blessed with interesting historical tourist sites which were founded on tales, myths and ...

Ikorodu Town is the second most populous Local Government Area in Lagos state with a population estimated at about 2 million people and an annual growth rate of about 10%. This article gives us useful insight to the latest addition of sprawling cities in Lagos state and probably what you never knew about Ikorodu. Ikorodu Town: ‘Ilu kekere oko ilu ...

I came across an article that addressed how to prevent burglary in our homes while surfing the the internet last weekend, and I thought to add my quota and share a slightly different view on how to prevent burglary in our homes. This should help everyone reading to raise the security level on our homes a notch higher.  A home cannot ...